JAPEX Group Establishes “Human Rights Policy”

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (JAPEX) has established the "Human Rights Policy" at this time.

With the emerging abuse of human rights and issues for labor by global business activities, the movement of various stakeholders is rising to require companies their response to human rights issues. The establishment of global frameworks, laws, and regulations regarding respect for human rights, such as Guidelines on Respect for Human Rights in Responsible Supply Chains by the Japanese Government in September 2022, is also in progress so that the companies are required to demonstrate their appropriate correspondence more specifically.

Under these circumstances, the policy has been established as the specific policy based on the commitment to respecting human rights shown in "The JAPEX Group Code of Ethics and Conduct." By establishing the policy for showing the JAPEX Group's stance for respecting human rights once again and our current human rights issues in our businesses, we aim to promote understanding of our human rights efforts to stakeholders as well as our group's executives and employees.

For the full text of our "Human Rights Policy," please refer to the appendix or the page "Respect for Human Rights" on our website.